RE: How do I deal with the belief that maybe... Just maybe... God exists and I'm...
October 13, 2022 at 10:39 pm
(October 12, 2022 at 3:16 pm)Angrboda Wrote:(October 12, 2022 at 1:11 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: Just to be absolutely clear, I did specify intellectual belief because this is a case of semantic ambiguity. Kind of like faith, in theology, is generally understood to imply some level of trust.
Jesus didn't make that distinction so this is just pointless pettifoggery.
John 7:5 - "For not even His brothers were believing in Him."
According to your rigid interpretation of the words "believing in" Jesus's own brothers thought he did not exist? Thre are many more examples where the clear and plain meaning of belief entails a degree of trust. Thankfully the Word protects its spiritual sense from being profained by disingenous interpretation.
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